The Beaufort County Stormwater Department is holding a public meeting to discuss the Evergreen Regional Water Quality Retention Basin Project located in Okatie.

The meeting will be Friday, November 18, 9 a.m. until 10 a.m., at Palmetto Electric, 1 Cooperative Way, Hardeeville.

This meeting will allow residents the opportunity to learn about the recently completed Capital Improvement Project. The project will improve water quality and reduce bacteria loads in the Okatie River.

The project’s construction was partially funded by a grant the County received from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and administered by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Nonpoint Source 319 Program.